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Ernst Barlach
The foundling1922

Not on view
Woodcut print in black and white showing a hunched figure seated on rocky ground, surrounded by swirling, carved lines; bold, high-contrast composition with pencil signature at lower right
Woodcut print in black and white; a cloaked figure seated on the ground and a second figure bending toward them, set against a background of bold diagonal hatched lines suggesting rain or wind, with angular, high-contrast carving.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting three draped figures; two standing adults flank a smaller crouching figure, rendered with bold carved lines and high contrast.
Woodblock print in black and white depicting two cloaked figures bent forward against diagonal hatched lines suggesting driving rain or wind, with bold carved lines and stark contrast.
Black and white woodcut print of three figures in ragged clothing struggling against diagonal hatched lines suggesting driving rain or wind, rendered with bold contrasting areas of black and white.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a draft horse harnessed to a wooden cart, with a hunched figure leaning over the animal and a second figure seated in the cart; a bare tree at left, bold contrasting lines and cross-hatched ground throughout.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a group of roughly carved figures in draped clothing, clustered around a prone figure on the ground, with bold contrasting lines and expressive gouged texture throughout.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting two heavily cloaked figures bent forward against wind, one leaning on a walking stick, rendered with bold angular gouges and stark contrast.
Woodcut print in black and white; a gaunt figure with wild hair sits upright in a wooden tub or barrel, surrounded by small distorted figures and creatures at ground level; bold, jagged linework with high contrast.
Woodcut print in black and white showing two robed figures; one crouches low to the ground on all fours while the other sits upright nearby, rendered with bold diagonal hatching and stark contrasts.
Woodcut print in stark black and white, depicting a group of figures in dynamic, angular composition. Two crouching figures in the foreground interact with a standing draped figure at center, while a tall figure in a tricorn hat stands at right. Bold, expressive carving with heavy contrast and hatched background lines.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a chaotic scene of robed figures, a skeletal figure at upper left, a crouching figure at lower right, and an animal form at lower center, rendered with bold gouged lines and high contrast.
Woodcut print in black and white, two robed figures pressed close together, rendered with bold angular lines and deep contrasting blacks; dense hatched lines fill the background.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting two standing figures draped in heavy cloaks, facing each other, with a small crouching figure at their feet; bold, expressive carved lines against dense black background.
Woodcut print in black and white; three draped figures in dynamic struggle against a dark hatched background, rendered with bold carved lines and high contrast.
Woodcut print in high-contrast black and white; a dense crowd of figures surrounds a central bearded man crouching over a low vessel with flames beneath it, rendered with bold gouged lines and angular forms.
Woodcut print in black and white; a tall figure in a top hat and dark coat stands centrally, holding a cane, flanked by a hunched figure pulling a laden cart at left and a crouching figure at right, with bold diagonal hatching filling the background.
Woodcut print in black and white; a figure lies curled on the ground, wrapped in heavy drapery, face visible at center, surrounded by dense swirling linear marks suggesting straw or rough ground.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a large crowd of figures converging toward a central standing figure surrounded by a radiant halo, rendered with bold gouged lines and high contrast between solid black areas and white ground.
Woodcut print in black and white; three robed figures, the central one with both arms raised upward, flanked by two hunched figures bowing forward; background of bold diagonal hatched lines radiating outward.
Artist or Maker
Ernst Barlach
Germany, also active France, 1870-1938
Title
The foundling
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1922
Medium
Twenty woodcuts on Japan paper
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, purchased with funds provided by Anna Bing Arnold, Museum Associates Acquisition Fund, and deaccession funds
Accession Number
83.1.9.2a-t
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Selected Bibliography
  • Schult, Friedrich. Ernst Barlach, das graphische Werk. Hrsg. mit Unterstützung der Deutschen Akademie der Künste zu Berlin. Series: His Ernest Barlach Werkverzeichnis, Bd. 2. Hamburg: E. Hauswedell, 1958.